I missed the main show at the Murat (editing pictures till late), but it turns out the man was playing a word of mouth only after party at this rock and roll cheap beer road bar called Birdy's up on the north side of town...

wow...

the place was packed by about 12:30, and people were pretty mellow, no drama, it was like 30 plus bucks to get in (i wasn't payin a DIZZLE! i had a hand full of flyers for various parties, so i guess i got the promoter comp), and dude went on about 1:30 or 2...

i don't know enough of his music to give a set list, but suffice to say, that this cat who has played on some HUGE stages took to this little tiny stage like it was madison square garden...

they riffed off of atomic dog (the tune playing when they took the stage), then moved into what seemed like just a really fun (for them) free form jam... i respected the fact that he's step aside and let his musicians (bass, drums, trombone/flute, tenor sax) take the lead....

needless to say, that dude can PLAY a guitar.... makes it look crazy easy!

oye como va (versioned out) turned into an extended drum solo that would have made a certain afro'd drummer proud!

best of all, the audience stayed hype, and non pretensious, giving the whole affair a positive vibe....

PoZi (;=